Stabilizers on trailers

[Martyn]

i have an 9' coleman popup that i just axle flipped and my stabilizers arent long enough. would one of these work? i wouldnt mind getting one from AT but if i needed it longer i wouldnt mind building it either. My trailer is less than 1K unloaded but with bags, cooler, people, etc it gets up there and i'd like to take that stress off the axle when parked.

What is the clearance from the ground to the point on the trailer where the stabilizer will make contact ?

Remember we are using these stabilizers on trailers that are running 37" tires and have the center of the spindle 6" below the chassis.

I don't have a stabilizer in front of me to look at but I think the legs are 28" long.

The point of the stabilizer is to remove or reduce movement in the trailer when it's parked. Is that what you mean by " I'd like to take that stress off the axle when parked" ?

e mail me at martyn@adventuretrailers.com if you want me to place an order for you.

 

[spressomon]

Not to meddle...but what the heck. The Bulldog trailer jacks, which I ordered from AT with my Horizon, are used to level and stabilize the trailer. I have two that 'snap' onto a fitting on the rear bumper...combined with the tongue jack they work GREAT for leveling and stabilizing; takes me all of 5-minutes to get the jacks out of the trailer box, connect them and get the trailer leveled and stablized. For where I travel (campgroundless) the jacks are the best product for my needs.

 

[The BN Guy]

OKay I'll pose this as a part two...

On those like the Adventure trailer and the like, if you don't have stabilizers does the trailer "wiggle" that much at night or at least while in use?

 

[Andrew Walcker]

Yeah, we only hide the women, your safe around the children

I'll see if we can get one for Pyramid lake, you can be the demo unit for the stabilizer !!

Thanks Martyn, looking forward to Pyramid!

 

[Martyn]

OKay I'll pose this as a part two...

On those like the Adventure trailer and the like, if you don't have stabilizers does the trailer "wiggle" that much at night or at least while in use?

I really depends on your suspension. If you have a military trailer then the movement is very little. As our trailers have independent suspension and air bags the movement is greater.

The movement of the trailer at night will correspond directly to the amount of "wiggling" going on in the tent above. When I was younger I had a VW camper van that would have needed 4 of these stabilizers :jumping: today I still carry 4 but only use one

 

[RunninRubicon]

Well put.